List of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members

This is a list of current and former members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and its previous incarnations, including operating as a branch of al-Qaeda known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), from 2004–2014.^[1] Little is known about the leadership or members, as most use assumed names and many fight or appear in video with covered faces.^[2]

Isil leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; mugshot by US armed forces while in detention at Camp Bucca in 2004

Leadership and branches

Current known personnel (in descending order by approximate rank)

• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (leader)^[3]
• Abu Ali al-Anbari (deputy leader and governor for Syria)^[4]
• Abu Suleiman al-Naser (head of military shura)^[4]
• Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (official spokesperson and an emir in Syria)^[5]
• Abu Muhammad al-Shimali (key leader in ISIL’s Immigration and Logistics Committee and responsible for facilitating the travel of foreign fighters primarily through the border Turkey/Syria)
• Abu Waheeb (commander in Al Anbar, Iraq)^[6]
• Abu Yusaf^[7][8] (senior security official)
• Ahlam al-Nasr (poet and propagandist)
• Abu Ali al-Shishani, aka Anas Sharkas, aka Anas Jarkas (commander, formerly with al-Nusra,^[9][10] wife detained in Lebanon)^[11]
• Abu Ahmed (senior official interviewed by the Guardian)^[12]
• Lavdrim Muhaxheri, leader of ethnic Albanian mujahideen
• "The Beatles"^[13]

Foreign ISIL branches

• Abubakar Shekau, Leader of ISIL West Africa Province
• Rustam Asildarov, Leader of ISIL North Caucausus Province
• Abu Osama al-Masri, Leader of ISIL Sinai Province
• Hafiz Saeed Khan, Leader of ISIL Khorasan Province^[14][15]
• Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost (Recruiter for Wilayat Khorasan)^[16][17]
• Bilal Bosnić (Bosnian, alleged recruiter in Europe)^[18]

Governors of ISIL territories

• Abu al-Baraa el-Azdi (Governor in ISIL "Province" of Eastern Libya)^[19]
• Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi (Governor of 'South and Central Euphrates' region)^[20]

Former leaders and senior personnel

Former leaders (in descending order by date of death)

• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (founder; killed in 2006)^[21]
• Abu Ayyub al-Masri (killed in 2010)^[22]
• Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi (killed in 2010)^[23]
• Haji Bakr (Strategic head and top deputy in Syria, killed in 2014)^[24]
• Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi (Head of Military Shura, killed in 2014)^[25]
• Abu Ahmad al-Alwani (Member of Military Shura, killed in late 2014)^[26]
• Abu Ayman al-Iraqi (Member of Military Shura, reportedly killed in late 2014)^[4][27]
• Abu Sayyaf (senior leader overseeing ISIL's gas and oil operations, killed in May 2015)^[28]
• Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali (also known as Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, deputy leader in charge of Iraq; killed on 18 August 2015)^[29][30][31]
• Abu Nabil al Anbari, (Leader of ISIL in Libya, killed in an air strike in November 2015)^[32]
• Mullah Abdul Rauf (Deputy Leader of Wilayat Khorasan; killed in 2015)^[33][34]
• Hafiz Wahidi (Replacement Deputy Leader of Wilayat Khorasan; killed in 2015)^[35]
• Abu Omar al-Shishani (field commander in Syria, killed in March 2016)^[36]
• Abu Ala al-Afri (Deputy leader of ISIL, killed in March 2016)^[37][38]

Other former personnel

• Abu Taisir (Al-Zarqawi's top Lieutenant, killed in 2003)^[39]
• Abu Anas al-Shami (Strategist, and Al-Zarqawi's adviser, killed in 2004)^[40]
• Abu Azzam (killed in 2005)^[41]
• Abu Omar al-Kurdi (captured in 2005)^[42]
• Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi (captured in 2006)^[43]
• Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman (killed in 2006)^[44]
• Hamid Juma Faris Jouri al-Saeedi (captured in 2006)^[45]
• Abu Yaqub al-Masri (killed in 2007)^[46]
• Haitham al-Badri (killed in 2007)^[47]
• Khaled al-Mashhadani (captured in 2007)^[48]
• Mahir al-Zubaydi (killed in 2008)^[49]
• Mohamed Moumou (killed in 2008)^[50]
• Huthaifa al-Batawi (killed in 2011)^[51]
• Omar al-Farouk al-Turki (ISIL Governor of Al-Hasakah Governorate, killed in 2014)
• Douglas McCain (killed in 2014)^[52]
• Abd al Basit (Military emir in Iraq, killed in 2014)^[53]
• Radwan Talib (Mosul Governor, killed in 2014)^[53][54]
• Hassan Hassan Saeed Al-Jabouri (replacement Mosul Governor, killed in 2014)^[54]
• Hazem Al-Saeedi - Jarf Al-Sekhar region, Southern Iraq (killed in 2014)^[55]
• Abdelmajid Al-Atibi Al-Sabti, religious emir (killed in 2014)^[56]
• Akram Qirbash (top ISIL judge; killed in 2015)^[57]
• Abu Maria - Top ISIL commander in Tikrit^[58] (killed in 2015)
• Tariq bin al-Tahar bin al-Falih al-'Awni al-Harzi (emir of suicide bombers, fundraiser,^[59] killed in 2015)
• Abu Malik (co-Emir of the Kharbadan front, killed in 2015)^[60]
• Abu Abdul-aziz (co-Emir of the Kharbadan front, killed in 2015)^[61]
• Ahmed al-Ruwaysi or Abu Zakariya al-Tunisi (killed in 2015)^[62]
• Abu Abdullah, media coordinator for Mosul area; killed near Mosul by US military strike 18 August 2015^[29]
• Selim Suleiman al-Haram (a leader of Egypt branch, killed in 2015)^[63]
• Denis Cuspert (also known Abu Talha al-Almani), (German recruiter; killed 16 October 2015 near Raqqa in US air strike)
• Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed "Jihadi John" (participant in beheading videos; killed 12 November 2015 near Raqqa in US air strike)^[64]
• Abu Aiman (governor, killed in 2015)^[65]
• Abu Hadi (governor, killed in 2015)^[65]
• Abu Khidir (emir, killed in 2016)^[66]
• Abul-Athīr al-‘Absī (emir, propagandist and "kidnapper-in-chief", killed in 2016)^[67][68] His death was confirmed in the 14th issue of Dabiq magazine, where the epithet 'May Allah accept him' was used beside his name.
• Thaher Mohammed Salman al-Sabawi (commander of ISIS branch in Nineveh province, killed in 2016)^[69]
• Abu Ali Sha'i (leader of IS Sharia Court, killed in 2016)^[70]
• Abu Aisha (leader of IS security affairs, killed in 2016)^[71]
• Abu Saif (member of ISIS Council of Military Affairs and "general commander" of ISIS in Mosul, killed in 2016)^[72]
• Bazran al-Husam (governor of Al-Hamadaniya district in Nineveh province, killed in 2016)^[73]
• Abu Fouz (leader of ISIS Arsal branch, killed in 2016)^[74]
• Rafiuddin (top financial provider to ISIS militants in Nangarhar province, killed in 2016)^[75]
• Abu Ali al-Tunisi (commander of northern Syrian military branch, killed in 2016)^[76]
• Eidan al-Ezzi (commander of the ISIS police branch, killed in 2016)^[77]
• Abu al-Hija (a leader of the Tunisia branch, killed in 2016)^[78]

See also

• Brussels ISIL terror cell

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